Craft

Cat Cave / FeltField

Unique looking fairy tale felt cat cave made from soft spring green colours with darker green and yellow — via Etsy

Art

Found / Chris Siracuse

A short documentary about Nemo Gould, an Oakland-based artist who finds purpose by turning junk into imaginative kinetic sculptures — via Vimeo

Wildlife

Meerkat Litter / Taronga Zoo

Taronga Zoo welcomed its largest litter of Meerkats ever, with keepers monitoring the progress of six playful pups. The pups were born on 7 November, but have just begun to venture outside their nest box to explore their habitat — via Youtube

Design

Campervan Magazine Rack / Balvi

Take your pick from various colours, each one inspired by the classic VW van and each Balvi Campervan Magazine Rack designed to hold your magazines. Perfect for adding a quirky touch to a room and perfect for fans of the van. Made of metal and available online at £19 — via Retro to Go

Design

Astonishing Artificial Limbs / Scott Summit

The designer of these limbs is Scott Summit, a designer with 20 years old experience in the field. He used 3D printing technology to create one of a kind artificial limbs for each of the patients. Even more, he allows each patient to bring their own ideas on how they can customise the shape or the design of the prosthetics — via Design You Trust

Entertainment

Total Awesome Viking Power / Morten Forland

A comedy short film from director Morten Forland celebrating Vikings, LARPing (Live action role playing), and finding the hero within. When Viking role player Vidar is sidelined to “the land of the dead” he seeks help of the god Odin, who agrees to teach Vidar the ways of the Vikings if he takes him to a mystical Runestone. Together they embark on a journey that will test Vidar’s wits, bravery and his ability to go completely berserk — via Youtube

Design

Model 33 Record Storage / Flipbin

Crate digging is fun, but not when you’re in the middle of a passionate DJ set. Chicago-based Flipbin solves this problem with a handy aluminium display-and-storage unit designed to keep 33 of your favourite 12-inch records on deck and within easy reach. Each Model 33 is powder-coated for extra strength and made in Illinois — via Cool Hunting

Entertainment

Obituary: Carrie Fisher

Actress Carrie Fisher, who found enduring fame as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars, has died aged 60, according to a family statement.

Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, released a statement through her spokesman saying Fisher died on Tuesday just before 9.00am (4.00am AEDT on Wednesday).

It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55am this morning, read the statement from publicist Simon Halls.

She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly.

Fisher had been hospitalised since Friday when she suffered a medical emergency on board a flight to Los Angeles.

She made her feature film debut opposite Warren Beatty in the 1975 hit Shampoo and also appeared in Austin Powers, The Blues Brothers, Charlie’s Angels, Hannah and Her Sisters, Scream 3 and When Harry Met Sally.

But Fisher is best remembered as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars in 1977 with her now-iconic braided buns, who uttered the immortal phrase, Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.

Fisher played a part in which she was tough, feisty and powerful, even if at one point she was chained to Jabba the Hutt.

She reprised the role in Episode VII of the series, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, in 2015, and her digitally rendered image appears in 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Wildlife

Black-tailed Antenna Stingrays / Zoo Basel

Zoo Basel welcomed nine rare Black-tailed Antenna Stingrays on 5 November. The small, yet sensational pups are doing well and can be seen in the zoo’s aquarium exhibit.

The Black-tailed Antenna Stingray (Plesiotrygon nana), also known as the Dwarf Antenna Ray, is a freshwater Stingray that is native to the rivers and sections of the rear Amazon Basin in Eastern Peru. The small Stingray was scientifically described for the first time in 2011. They are one of two recognized species in the family Potamotrygonidae (the other being the Long-tailed River Stingray) — via ZooBorns

Design

Stealth Building / WORKac

Unseen above the restored cast-iron façade of this 1857 residential structure in Tribeca, a stunning modern loft extends the building’s liveable space, its form responding directly to lines of sight. Designed by WORKac and known as the Stealth Building, the addition had to work with the existing façade — to preserve its appearance, rendering it invisible became the obvious approach — via Urbanist